Siegert W, Nerl C, Agthe A, Engelhard M, Brittinger G, Tiemann M, Lennert K, Huhn D. Angioimmunoblastic lymphadenopathy (AILD)-type T-cell lymphoma: prognostic impact of clinical observations and laboratory findings at presentation. The Kiel Lymphoma Study Group.
Ann Oncol 1995;
6:659-64. [PMID:
8664186 DOI:
10.1093/oxfordjournals.annonc.a059281]
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Abstract
BACKGROUND
In order to establish the clinico-pathological properties of angioimmunoblastic lymphadenopathy (AILD)-type T-cell lymphoma, we evaluated the type, incidence and prognostic significance of clinical and laboratory symptoms.
PATIENTS AND METHODS
Sixty-two consecutive patients diagnosed at the Kiel lymph node registry participated in the study. The median patient age was 64 years (range 21-87 years) and the female to male ratio was 1:1.4. Ninety percent of the patients were in stage III and IV and B-symptoms were observed in 68%. At diagnosis patients presented with skin rash (49%), pruritus (32%), edema (38%), pleural effusion (37%), arthritis (18%) and ascites (23%). Furthermore, they exhibited autoimmune phenomena such as cold agglutinines, circulating immune complexes, a positive Coombs test, smooth muscle antibodies, rheumatoid factors, immune hemolysis, a paraprotein, antinuclear antibodies and cryoglobulins.
RESULTS
In univariate analysis, survival was significantly related to age (p=0.032), stage (p=0.037), B symptoms (p=0.007), rash/pruritus (p=0.038), edema (p=0.030), ascites (p=0.013), number of clinical symptoms including B symptoms (p=0.004) and excluding B symptoms (p=0.017), lactate dehydrogenase (p=0.007) and hemoglobin (p=0.020).
CONCLUSIONS
AILD type T-cell lymphoma characteristically differs from other non-Hodgkin's lymphomas in its clinical signs and laboratory symptoms.
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